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Calcutta High Court Division Bench Delivers Split Verdict In Death Reference Case, One Judge Orders Acquittal While Other Commutes Sentence
The Calcutta High Court has delivered a split verdict in a death reference case. A division bench of Justices Soumen Sen and Partha Sarathi Sen arrived at a split verdict whereby Justice Soumen Sen ordered for the accused's death sentence to be commuted to 30 years imprisonment, while Justice Partha Sarathi Sen ordered the acquittal of the accused.The matter will now be placed before...
[Masala Bonds Case] ED Summons Illegal, Individuals Need Greater Protection Than Statutory Bodies: Ex-Finance Minister Dr Thomas Isaac Tells Kerala HC
Former Finance Minister Dr Thomas Isaac submitted before the Kerala High Court that he is an individual citizen and requires greater protection than KIIFB which is a statutory corporation against the summons issued by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in the 'masala bonds' case. It was submitted that the summons issued against Dr Isaac under the Foreign Exchange Management Act has...
Journalist Rajat Sharma Moves Delhi High Court Against X, Congress Leaders Alleging Non Compliance Of Order To Remove Tweets
Senior journalist Rajat Sharma on Friday moved an application before the Delhi High Court alleging that X, formerly Twitter, and Congress leaders Ragini Nayak, Jairam Ramesh and Pawan Khera disobeyed the order directing them to remove “defamatory tweets” posted against him. Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora issued notice in the application filed by Sharma in his defamation suit and...
Karnataka High Court Seeks SIT's Response On Prajwal Revanna's Bail Plea In Sexual Assault Case
The Karnataka High Court on Friday issued notice on a bail petition moved by suspended Janta Dal (S) leader Prajwal Revanna who is accused of rape and sexual assault in two cases.A single judge bench of Justice Krishna S Dixit issued notice and directed the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the cases against him to file its reply. The SIT is investigating three cases registered...
Allahabad High Court Reserves Verdict On MP Afzal Ansari's Appeal Against Conviction In Gangster Act Case
The Allahabad High Court on Thursday reserved its verdict on the appeal filed by Member of Parliament (MP) Afzal Ansari. He is challenging his conviction in the Gangster Act case, in which the Ghazipur MP/MLA Court sentenced him to 4 years in prison. This conviction is linked to the 2005 murder of BJP MLA Krishnanand Rai.A bench of Justice Sanjay Kumar Singh reserved its verdict after...
Consider Counselling Instead Of Arresting Adolescent Boys Under POCSO Act For Dating Minor Girls: Uttarakhand HC To State Govt
The Uttarakhand High Court on Monday asked the State Government to explore the possibility of counselling adolescent boys who date minor girls instead of arresting them under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.A bench of Chief Justice Ritu Bahri and Justice Rakesh Thapliyal issued a notice to the Union of India and the State Government on a Public Interest...
Woman Attaining Motherhood Through Surrogacy Entitled To 'Maternity Leave': Orissa High Court
In a landmark decision, the Orissa High Court has held that a woman employee who attains motherhood through 'surrogacy' is also entitled to avail the benefit of maternity leave as it is not only beneficial for the concerned woman but also needed for a healthy rearing of a new-born.Granting judicial sanction to the vital right of female employees, the Single Bench of Dr. Justice Sanjeeb...
Kerala High Court Quashes Order Demanding Late Fee For Delay In Filing GSTR-9C
The Kerala High Court has quashed the order demanding a late fee for delay in filing GSTR-9C.The bench of Justice Murali Purushothaman relied on the decision of Kerala High Court in the case of Anishia Chandrakanth v. the Superintendent, Central Tax & Central Excise, in which it was held that in view of Notification No. 07/2023-Central Tax and Notification No. 25/2023, there appears to be...
Desire To Contest Election Not An Exceptional Circumstance To Stay Conviction: Bombay High Court Rejects Former MLA Sunil Kedar's Plea
The Bombay High Court recently refused to stay the conviction of former Congress MLA Sunil Kedar in a bank scam case of over Rs. 153 Crores observing that just because he desires to contest the upcoming Assembly election that by itself is "not sufficient to stay the conviction mechanically".Justice Urmila Joshi-Phalke of the Nagpur bench observed that mere disqualification from...
Non-Response To Demands Invalidates Invocation of Mutual Negotiations Clause in Arbitration Agreements: Jammu & Kashmir High Court
The Jammu and Kashmir High Court bench of Chief Justice N. Kotiswar Singh held that if a party didn't respond to the demands and requests made by the other party, it can't invoke the part of the arbitration clause that such disputes and differences shall be an endeavoured to be resolved by mutual negotiations as a condition precedent for invoking the...
AO Can't Review Its Own Order: Delhi High Court
The Delhi High Court has held that the Assessing Officer (AO) cannot review its own order.The bench of Justice Yashwant Varma and Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav has observed in the extract of the impugned corrigendum that no new material has been found by the department, which would warrant reopening the assessment. The corrigendum has been issued merely on the basis of a change of opinion,...
Karnataka HC Quashes Father's Criminal Intimidation Case Against Daughters After They Undertake To Not Cause Any 'Breach Of Peace' Where He Resides
The Karnataka High Court has quashed a case of criminal intimidation registered against two daughters by their father after they undertook before the court that they would not do any such act which would constitute an offence against their father.A single judge bench of Justice N S Sanjay Gowda allowed the petition filed by the daughters and quashed the proceedings initiated by their father...